2 volumes (319 pages) : 32 cm

Presents a visual compendium of all forms of propaganda used by the Allied and Axis powers in World War II and in the period that led to its outbreak. Included are the posters of Shahn, Boccasile, Hohlwein, and Fougasse; the cartoons of Fitzpatrick, Low, Seppla, and the Kukrinisksi; stills from the films of John Huston, Noel Coward, and Leni Riefenstahl; photos of Tokyo Rose and Fritz Kuhn; comic books, magazine covers, paintings, leaflets, stamps, newspapers, postcards, sheet music; all the artifacts of the art of persuasion culled from government archives and private collections in the United States and abroad.--From book jacket cover

Filmography: v. 2, pages 291-304

Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, pages 308-310) and index

v. 1. The propagation of the Reich, 1933-1945 -- Mussolini's new Rome, 1922-1945 -- Britain improvises, 1936-1945 -- United States : isolation and intervention, 1932-1945 -- v. 2. Rule and resistance in "The New Order," 1936-1945 -- The Soviet Union : propaganda for peace, 1917-1945 -- The rise and fall of Japan, 1931-1945

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